The High-Field NMR Facility at the University of Massachusetts is an interdepartmental facility, open to researchers of the Five Colleges Consortium (UMass, Smith, Mt. Holyoke, Amherst and Hampshire Colleges) and surrounding industries. It supports research programs of ca. twenty groups in the areas of chemical synthesis, polymer chemistry, materials science, and natural products.

The facility oversees five NMR spectrometers. Two of them (DPX300 and Avance400) are public-access spectrometers for the research needs of ca. 200 users and the teaching needs of graduate and undergraduate students from all science and engineering majors. Three additional spectrometers are available for advanced applications. The Avance600 spectrometer is equipped with a cryoprobe and capable of triple resonance and gradient experiments, while the DSX300 and Infinity300 are wide bore solid-state spectrometers which are equipped for triple resonance, high-speed magic angle spinning, and wideline experiments. The spectrometers are ethernet-linked to a number of Silicon Graphics and Windows computers for data analysis, computation, and manipulation of three-dimensional structures.

Training: Please contact the facility director for training.

Contact Information:
Prof. Weiguo Hu
Director, NMR Facility
Research Assistant Professor
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Department of Polymer Science and Engineering
Silvio O. Conte National Center for Polymer Research
120 Governors Drive
Amherst, MA 01003
Email: weiguoh@polysci.umass.edu
Phone: (413)577-1428
Fax: (413)545-0082